lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm | 1 -
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm  | 1 -
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm   | 8 +-------
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiMark.pm    | 1 -

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm
index 5d0adb14ecc5ec467c35de3c3a79d55bcdecf05b..da3b50ccfefd0a4ffbcec9307e113ddb4c4d31f2 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiConvert.pm
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ }
 
 sub do_convert { # via wq_do
 	my ($self) = @_;
-	$self->input_stdin;
 	for my $input (@{$self->{inputs}}) {
 		$self->input_path_url($input);
 	}
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
index 803b5cdad89879d563f0e2b5d625536e67c3fbdd..227a2a2111fb38bf98819387e7b870b3e2118b7a 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiImport.pm
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ 	$lei->{auth}->op_merge($ops, $self) if $lei->{auth};
 	$self->{-wq_nr_workers} = $j // 1; # locked
 	my ($op_c, undef) = $lei->workers_start($self, 'lei_import', $j, $ops);
 	$lei->{imp} = $self;
-	$self->wq_io_do('input_stdin', []) if $self->{0};
 	net_merge_complete($self) unless $lei->{auth};
 	$op_c->op_wait_event($ops);
 }
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm
index d916249a2e07d1f982078dc7f7af0c8bcd2159ff..93284e8b26756074194bfc6fb1fa87e261393faa 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiInput.pm
@@ -46,12 +46,6 @@ 		$cb->(undef, $fh, $self->can('input_mbox_cb'), $self, @args);
 	}
 }
 
-sub input_stdin {
-	my ($self) = @_;
-	my $in = delete $self->{0} or return;
-	$self->input_fh($self->{lei}->{opt}->{'in-format'}, $in, '<stdin>');
-}
-
 sub input_path_url {
 	my ($self, $input, @args) = @_;
 	my $lei = $self->{lei};
@@ -94,7 +88,7 @@ 	if ($lei->{opt}->{stdin}) {
 		@$inputs and return
 			$lei->fail("--stdin and @$inputs do not mix");
 		check_input_format($lei) or return;
-		$self->{0} = $lei->{0};
+		push @$inputs, '/dev/stdin';
 	}
 	my $net = $lei->{net}; # NetWriter may be created by l2m
 	my $fmt = $lei->{opt}->{'in-format'};
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMark.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMark.pm
index 6e611318b3ff8510cda42329d977db28917ce6da..b187d6e76686d6b94ad0fae9dfa3ae466aa266e0 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMark.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiMark.pm
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ 	$lei->{auth}->op_merge($ops, $self) if $lei->{auth};
 	$self->{vmd_mod} = $vmd_mod;
 	my ($op_c, undef) = $lei->workers_start($self, 'lei_mark', 1, $ops);
 	$lei->{mark} = $self;
-	$self->wq_io_do('input_stdin', []) if $self->{0};
 	net_merge_complete($self) unless $lei->{auth};
 	$op_c->op_wait_event($ops);
 }